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They were overrun by publicans, farmers of the taxes, agents, confiscators, usurers, bankers, those numerous and insatiable bodies which always flourish in a burdened and complicated revenue.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke lists the various exploitative entities that thrived under the financial strain of the provinces.
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